Right. Moving On.

Putting aside the grim and heartbreaking realities that a)Nice, for the most part, have failed to show the necessary commitment for two of the last ...

What a Freaking Disaster

Coupe de France? What Coupe de France?

Tragically, they're facing the wrong direction. It was that sort of a game. For once, I'm happy that there doesn't seem to be any way to ...

Squad List for Monaco

I don't know if it's a good omen or a sign that I've lost my mind entirely, but I just caught myself singing "Nice allez" ...

Julien Sablé à Nice

[First, I apologize for the infrequency of updates here -- I'm just too busy right now to give Nice the attention they deserve, but I'll ...

Nice 2-0 Auxerre (Highlights)

Report coming tomorrow, as soon as I watch the match, and my soul has time to recover from poor Modeste's awful miss.

CdL Stuff + Schedule News

Old man's still got it. I won't bore you with a long report on the Le Havre match, but I watched it this morning and, in ...

Nancy-Nice: Never Mind.

Frozen pitch. Both coaches and captains agreed with the referee that it would be dangerous to play, so everyone went home. With the CdL match against ...

Arras + Adeilson

There's allegedly football being played in the first part of this clip. I have my doubts. Arras 1 - 3 Nice Buts: Bellatrêche (52è) pour Arras; Ben ...

Quick News Roundup

Spellcaster!Anto: "... And when you wake up, you will think I have a full head of hair!" •Squad list for Arras:Gardiens: Letizi, Moreau Défenseurs: Apam, Cid, Gace, ...

The Boys Are Back in Town

Obi-Wan Letizi wishes everyone a belated, vaguely creepy Merry Christmas. Hooray, training starts today! That means there will be something to talk about other than transfer ...

Not Dead! (Well, I'm not. Nice's dreams of grandeur, however, may well be pushing up the daisies at this point.)

Happy, happy! Joy, joy! So sorry for disappearing, everyone -- holiday time means both chaos and a lot of travel for me (and a lot of ...

Newsie Odds and Ends

[Not as scared of Baky and Ben Arfa as he looks. Probably.] •The Grenoble match will be played either a week from today or on the ...

Squad List for Grenoble (And Not Much More)

"So this is snow, huh? I don't get it." Gardiens: Moreau, Ospina Défenseurs: Apam, Cid, Diakité, Hognon, Kanté, Rool Milieux: Coulibaly, Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck, Jeunechamp, Traoré Attaquants: Bamogo, Ben ...

ASSE 0-1 Nice + Some Editorializing

Who does he think he is, Gerd Müller? ASSE 0-1 Nice But: Echouafni (20è) pour Nice St Etienne: Janot - Andreu, Benalouane, Varrault, Sauget - Machado, Hautcoeur, Dernis ...

So There's Proof It Happened

Second in the table, Olvier Echouafni joint-third leading scoring. Look out for flying pigs.

ASSE: Sorta a Preview

My squad is how big? No shit! For the first time since Frédéric Antonetti was a svelt 20-year-old, he's got a full squad to choose from: ...

International Roundup + Some Hellebuyck

I watched most of the Colombia-Nigeria match which ended 1-0 to the home team, with Apam going the full 90 for Nigeria, and Ospina in ...

Nice 2-1 Nantes

"With my head, bi- boss! I scored with my head!" Buts: Bamogo (20è), Mouloungui (80è) pour Nice ; N'Daw (8è) pour Nantes Nice: Letizi - Diakité (Jeunechamp ...

Yes, We Have No Ba-Rémys

Despite his admirable, 21-year-old's confidence (which is about 15 years more developed than it was in the picture on the left), Rémy in fact did ...

More on Créteil + Bit of News

"This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship." I managed to find the Créteil match and, while I'll spare you a full report (I can ...

A Pair of Reports, One More Thorough Than the Other

The number of times this man yelled "HABIB!" against Lorient: 419. Report the First Alright, so, the Lorient game. Ugh. Fantastic to play like that and get ...

Tiny Little Créteil Preview

I was reading -- by which I mean "looking at the charts and the pictures" -- La Gazzetta dello Sport this morning, and they had ...

Newsie Odds n Ends

[Football. So full of hidden laughs. Or: Old people FTW.] First, the team for tomorrow: Gardiens: Letizi, Ospina Défenseurs: Apam, Cid, Diakité, Gace, Hognon, Jeunechamp, Kanté, Rool Milieux: Echouafni, ...

Injury Update + The Best Picture of the Season

I admit it, I'm making a post almost entirely to share this picture (Click, and the grinning gets even bigger!) -- imagine being a young, ...

Stuff That's Happened

[Trying to cast a 'Turn Cyril #2 Into Another Cyril #1' spell.] Sorry for the lull here, folks, when I can't watch matches live (almost never), ...

Nice 2-2 Bordeaux

Where am I? Who are you people? After the first 30 minutes or so of Saturday's match, you'd never, ever have been able to convince me ...

Nice-Bordeaux Stream

For anyone interested, here's a stream (embedded under the cut, because it autoplays) -- it's crappy, but it's all I've got so far. If anyone ...

All the Preview You're Gonna Get, Or: Even More Ospina!

"Je suis un gardien de but. Oui?" Gardiens: Letizi, Ospina Défenseurs: Apam, Diakité, Gace, Hognon, Jeunechamp, Kanté, Rool Milieux: Coulibaly, Echouafni, Faé, Hellebuyck, Traoré Attaquants: Bamogo, Ben Saada, Modeste, ...

Actual Stadium News

It's hard out there for a pimp. At a big press blowout yesterday (video here), firmer stadium plans were announced, complete with a smaller capacity and ...